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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 15, 2016Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2016, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 15, 1:57 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WUUS55 KPUB 152300
SVRPUB
COC011-061-099-152345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0008.160415T2300Z-160415T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 500 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCLAVE...OR
  16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILEY...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...
  NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND
  CADDOA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3786 10312 3842 10297 3852 10260 3794 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 227DEG 27KT 3820 10288 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

3 follow-up statements

658 
WWUS55 KPUB 152316
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
516 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC011-061-099-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
516 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 515 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SWEETWATER
RESERVOIR...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HASTY
AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILEY...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3787 10309 3844 10290 3852 10260 3794 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 213DEG 36KT 3833 10279 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

162 
WWUS55 KPUB 152335
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
535 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC011-061-099-152345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
535 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT
COUNTIES...

AT 533 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCCLAVE...OR
15 MILES WEST OF LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF JOHN MARTIN
RESERVOIR WHICH WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILEY...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR...QUEENS RESERVOIR...NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR...
NEEOSHE RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR AND CADDOA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3787 10309 3844 10286 3852 10260 3794 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 202DEG 25KT 3814 10289 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KT

195 
WWUS55 KPUB 152344
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
544 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

COC011-061-099-152354-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160415T2345Z/
PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO-BENT CO-
544 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS...SOUTH
CENTRAL KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM
MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3787 10309 3844 10286 3852 10260 3794 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 227DEG 27KT 3814 10289 

$$

KT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 10:28 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more	41 hr
Apr 15, 12:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	38 min
Apr 15, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	40 min
Apr 15, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	31 min
Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	24 min
Apr 15, 2:07 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	38 min
Apr 15, 2:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	36 min
Apr 15, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
Apr 15, 3:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 15, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	20 min
Apr 15, 3:22 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	8 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	50 min
Apr 15, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 15, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	15 min
Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	49 min
Apr 15, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Apr 15, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	67 min
Apr 15, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	31 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.